I played in an open tuning

Pick DADGAD or open G under Tuning and the fingering uses that tuning.

Set the capo fret and the tab is written relative to the capo.

Guide

Turn your fingerstyle recording into tab

If you have a fingerstyle arrangement you want written down, start by recording it. With bass and melody together, fingerstyle tends to convert fairly well.

When recording

Put your phone about 30 cm from the soundhole and record in a quiet room.
Listen to a metronome on headphones while you play so the timing is steady. Just keep the click out of the recording.
A second or two of silence at the start is fine. It stays in the tab as rests.

Tidying the draft

Check the tempo and timing first. If beats drift, typing the tempo and converting again is quicker than fixing bar by bar.
Then add missing notes and delete wrong ones. Low bass notes sometimes come out an octave high.
Finally move notes to strings that suit your hand and add hammer-ons and slides.

Steps

Record: play the piece once to a metronome.
Convert: upload the file on the home page, set tuning, capo and tempo, and press Start practicing.
Tidy up: download the .gp and fix it in the studio.
Keep it: save it to your library or save it as a PDF to print.

Questions

I played in an open tuning Pick DADGAD or open G under Tuning and the fingering uses that tuning.
I played with a capo Set the capo fret and the tab is written relative to the capo.

Open a tab

Turn your fingerstyle recording into tab

When recording

Tidying the draft

Steps

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